वाक़ई

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (vâqe'i, “real; actual; true”), from Arabic واقِعِيّ‎ (wāqiʿiyy, “actual; real”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.kəiː/, /ʋɑː.qəiː/

Adverb

वाक़ई • (vāqaī) (Urdu spelling واقعی‎)

truly, actually; really
उसने वाक़ई ऐसा किया? ― usne vāqaī aisā kiyā? ― Did he really do this?

Synonyms: सच में (sac mẽ), वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ)

Adjective

वाक़ई • (vāqaī)

true

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वाक़ई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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